The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-08-20
SWEET GIRL VOTERS.
A Conversation OF the Future Days OF Fs.
male Suffrage.


male Suffrage.
When the right of suffrage is finally
given to women and they both vote and
hold office, we may expect to hear
candidates for Office sized up in the fol-
lowing scathing manner by women at
the polls:
"WhO are you going to vote for.
Bessie?"
"Oh, l really don't know. But don't
you think it's just perfectly lovely for
us to have the right to vote at all?"
"Oh, it's too awfully jolly for any
thing. But do you know 1 was just
worried to death for fear Madame Fit
tenn wouldn't have my dress done in
time for election day."
"But she did, / see, and it's jV
lovely. was worried awfally over my
election bonnet, but it came at the last
moment or l wouldn't have come near
the polls. Are you going to vote for
Mamie Berkeley for city treasurer"
mo, I'm not; we've been out for q
long time, and l think she's just hor.
rid"
81 think so, too; she dresses away
beyond her means now, and there'd be
no living in the same town with her il
she was city treasurer. What do you
think of Mrs. St John for mayorP"
"Oh, l think she'd be lovely. She
has such queenly manner and dresses
in such perfect taste; but most of the
girls are voting for Howard Percy for
mayor; he's so handsome, you know"
ooh, yes; but then he's so conceited
and such dreadful fiirt. He's engaged
himself to half the girls in town just IA
secure their votes.''
1.-The mean, horrid thing!"
what do you think of Mrs. RanteI
for Congressp"
81 think she'd better stay at home
and look after her children. There's
six or seven of them rui ming around
here now peddling out her tickets. Dd
tell me, jamie, are my frizzes all com,
ing outP"
mo, they look nicely. How are
mine?"
"LovelN Your hair does friz "a
beautifully. Look at Mr.. Meek cleo
pioneering for his wife for representa-.
tive. They say if she's elected she's
gong to leave her six weeks old baby
home with him while she goes to the
capital for the Legislative session"
"Think of it! And won't she dress,
though. I'd vote for Hugh Vaudeville,
but they say he's engaged to Helen
Smythe, and l can't endure her. She's
around here somewhere trying to get,
the other girls to vote for Hugh"
81 call that cheeky. But 1 sha'n't
vote for him. Margie Montague is my
candidate. She's going to invite me to
Washington if she's elected"
"How lovely that will be! I've half
a mind to vote for Margie myself Do
you know, Belle Fielding and Libbie
Lavelle have had an ascfI quarrel over
the office of city councilman"
mo! How perfectly Dreadful
isn't itP Libbie accused Belle OF
buying up votes with French bon-bons
and boxes of kid gloves; and Belle told
right out before everybody that eight
of Libbie's upper teeth were false and
that her lovely waves are not her own.
hair"
"How mean of Belle! If 1 was Libbie
I'd neOer forgive her. l intended vot-
ing for Belle, but shan't now. can
not cOnscientiously vote for girl who
could deliberately give another girl
away in that shameful manner. It's
mercy she didn't know all know
about Libbie, or the poor girl might
have been mortified clear out of the
campaign. shall scratch Belle"
1--WE scratched about everybody on
my ticket"
80 have I. Most of the girls rum
ming for Office are so horrid."
$50 they are. Toledo Blade.